The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-10-26
HOSPITALITY.
SERMON By REV. DIR. TALNAGE.
How to Treat the Strangers that Come
Within Our Gates.

S'te'' " 1t0SI''N@t''S. -N0'-4''-A',
4h, 10.
There is dancer that the multin,ication Of
large and commodions hotels in orr towns
and cities and VILLAGES. viii utterly eyrernri:
nate that grace which Abraham exhibited
when he entertained the angels, and which
Lot showed when he watched for guests al
the gate of the CITY, and which Christ recoe.
uizeS as q positive requisite for entering
heaven, when be declared: Il was q stranger
and We took Ne in.
propose to speak this morning 9fthe trials
and rewards of Christian hoSnitaity. The
first trial often comes in the whim ard GO.
centricity of the guest himself. There are
q great many excellent people who have rro
t,,Rerances of d;snoSition and shorn alrat Of
temperament and unpliability of charactsy
which make them q POSITIVE. nuisance in any
bouse where they stay on short acoTaint.
ance they will ha,in 10 commend tha houSn-
Mold affairs or3er rha nn.IovaS 70 ,n,,Sno,
sarv;ca Eaay, ,,nSaaSon,b,.. bnnrs rSo ,a,.oti|.
in places offensive to sensitive no,tr;iS NM
their feet et tnnrs,,aI aIavatiorS 1rn,,- h.. ,ibaS
of their Havana ON costly ton.t-ry. n.,.,,
bureaus they OUGHT never 10 touth .inJ ~.
into thincs thy 0,~ht n.ver r, So nnj ~.
come impervions TO rousinr bells, ana hav.
ali the paculiarit;eS of rha ,rnrnan,,iy, .ro-rbs
dyspeptic, and make excaSatonl s from y p %, Or
dentistry with unrsuaI imnIana,ts .n; in
a thousand WAYS affiicr the hor>ehn,j which
PROPOSES to take care of them. AdleI all
thev stay too long. They have no IDEA when
their welcome is worn ont. and thew
5Tonl6 he unmove6 even hy- +he h,eSSin.,
which NV friend Gerrit Smith tho ,Yb;IaGe'
tbropist. asked one morninc- nj his hreoI;faS+
table. on the day wbar he honrd rhar tha
lone protractei o,,asts would San,rt savinc,.
20 Lord, bless this provision, and our friends
who leave ms to-dsy,n Bnr my fri.nriS
of the scale Perbans thnv ho "a nor had the
same refining influences about rhnn, in earIy
life that you have had Perhaos th..,- haI:a
inherited eccenrricities that they cannot heIn.
Perhaps it is your duty. by eyamn,e 70 s;.o,y
them 3 better way. Perhaps thev are s.ot 70
be a trial for the DEVELOPMENT OF vour
patience. PERHAPS they Were. 10 be iptent,p;
as an illustration of tie oppoSise OF wha,
You are trviu- TO inculcat.. in The minds oS
Your children. PERHAPS it is to make vour
home the brighter when they are .cone.
When our guests are cheerv. and fascinating
and elegant. it is very easy TO entertain
them; but when we find in our guests that
which is antaconistic to our tlsta and s..l,i-
r1ent, it is positive triumph when We can
obey the words of nv text and be given to
hospitality"
Another trial in the using of this grace IS
in the toll and expense of exercising it. In
Che well regulated household things g
smoothly, but now YOU have introduced a
foreign element into the machinery. and
though YOU NAV sroutly declare that they
must take thinrs as they find them. 1ha
Martha will break in. The unroverlab!e
-+o-,o o .,s;.sos Sn,,.. -.
nroyss ~ ho he tho So,sTai 80
&C., ~ r,a,-,Ia~;t;eS ~ na+a,a. ~ H.I;.
c,I+v If SoInr, ,,-o,,a,. ,,orI. owl rst aIvyavs
S.;r;,r ,raSan9.b bio Tho"rI ,-o,, r,a,. 80
thers sbaII he no care or snyiatv rbara viii
10 cere end thera viii ha ary;atr In 1fQi
the Canta;n.GeneraI Trov;Saj va,v crawl
entertainment and anon other t5i5Ss he
had a fonntsin in his TarGenNa fonntain of
strone drink In If were fopr hoGsheaIs Of
hrenSv a;gbt bo,SbaedS of wa+sy went
Sve tGonssS5 ,anSns rhirtaan hnnra,,.vaigb-
of ;Sbo-, SI,ear Svs nonnSS Of at,.tal ,3nt.
MOO thras Smn5rad +1sSraS E;S.7,;-s anJ !.
hosf b,,;It ~, n,,rnoSa ,,oS ,,Iocaj in 80 80
ta;n and a nov rovaS aronnS + ond Giia5
tba cenTs of the nao1,a Who cen1a tbsrs ~ ha
s,,onI;eS Won yo,, GOV +bo+ uos NV
s'-SS3,,s ~, a,ea;,oo+ 80, ID ~ - ~
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500, - a. sne4es ~ ooI Stsn' a' .ite itusH
I-aacbes the Go>,aI W. WV $50 G6i
SS;tb nIsta s,S c,'rIe,v sn5 Sroo,, ,s (.s,.'
te;mly &C no ,a-, Se-,.s E;r, LII -, bon,
and isnrS arrare1 ~ Oue..:, Of Sorwax
and Sweden, ard Denmark, had q royal cup
of ten lips. on which was recorded the names
Of the guests who had drunk from this cup.
And every Christian woman has a roval cup,
on which are written all the names Of those
who have ever been entertained hv her in
Christian Style-names not cut by human
Ingenuity. but written br the hand of a
Divine Jesus. But, my friends. YOU are not
to toll unpecessarilv. Tborrh the fare ~,
plain cheerful presidency of the table aud
cleanliness of appointments will be good
enough for ANYBODY that ever comes to
your house John Howard was invited 20
the house OF roblernan. He sail: Il vii;
come on one condition, and that is, that
you have nothing but potatoes on the table
The reouisition was complied with. Cyrus.
King of Persia. under thesa circumstances.
prescribed that on the table there must be
nothing but bread. Of course these ve-e
extremes but they are illustrations of the
fact that mora depends upon the banauet.rS
than upon the banquet | want to lift this
idee of Christian entertainment out OF a ,,oS;.
tive bondage into a glorious induremcnt.
Every effort you put forth. and every dollar
you give 10 the entertainment Of friend Or
foe, you give directly to Christ S S!ppose il
--ero en,o,,,ad that tha Lord .Tesns Christ
ronId come 70 this placa this week. what
woman in this house would not be glad to
wash for Him, or spread for Him bed or
bake bread for Him There was on 3is
who washed for Him drawing t. water,
from the well of her own tears He is CoIl-
ing, He will be here tomorrow. IuaSmuch
as We have done it 10 one OF tie least OF these,
my brethren, We have done it 10 Me In pct